About Hasora schoenherr (Latreille, 1824)
This butterfly, commonly called the yellow banded awl, has different wingspan measurements across regions: individuals from the Asian mainland have a wingspan of 45–55 millimetres (1.8–2.2 inches), while those from the Philippines have a wingspan of 50–60 mm (2.0–2.4 in). The upper side of this butterfly's wings is a plain dark brown, and it resembles the closely related common banded awl (Hasora chromus). It can be distinguished from the common banded awl by the broad yellow central band present on both the upper and underside of its hindwings. The apex of the underside of its forewing has a purple wash. Both male and female individuals have large yellow discal and apical spots. The yellow banded awl occurs in India from Assam and Nagaland eastward across Southeast Asia, including Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, the Malay Peninsula, Singapore, and the Indonesian archipelago, where it has specifically been recorded on Borneo, Sumatra, and Palawan. Its type locality is Java.
